11/10/2026 Regular Board of Education Meeting

The MPSD Board of Education’s regular meeting was held November 10, 2026. The main procurement-related discussion concerned food service: the district received a DPI template for a required RFP for a fixed-price food-service contract. Staff expect to prepare the RFP over roughly five weeks, submit it to DPI for review in January, and issue it after approval. Chartwells, the current provider, supplied information for the board’s discussion, but no vendor selection or contract award was made. The board also discussed possible changes to meal-service practices, including options for identifying eligible students and ensuring students are not denied a meal; no policy decision or vote on those options was taken. The superintendent noted that the district uses a printing vendor identified in the transcript as Frickey Printing for tax-bill materials, with the district billed for printing and stuffing; no amount was stated.

The board received a Baird presentation on school finance and operational referendum trends. The discussion included the district’s $31.43 million total levy, reported as 6.14% above the prior year, and approximately $7.2 million in voucher costs. The superintendent said staff would bring forward a draft five-year, nonrecurring operational referendum question for board consideration in December, with an April 6 election as the target; no referendum action was taken at this meeting. The consent agenda and two new-business items—Lincoln course proposals and an additional neutral-site programming position—were approved, but the transcript gives no procurement details for those items.